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i think its a rat snake.. my friend sent me pics of this snake he found in his driveway today.. he said he went back in and got his digital camera.. took some pics.. then went back in to tell his dad.. went back out and the snake had spit out the squirrel and ran off.. left the dead squirrel.. so they burried the squirrel.. it looks similar to our black rat snake.. anyone have an idea?

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It looks like an greenish rat to me ( no expert ) Which is a combo of black and yellow rat snakes.
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0.0.1 Black Rat
0.0.1 Normal Corn
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
0.0.1 Garden Phase ATB

eastern NC.. near I-95 hwy..

Hello,

Not knowing where you live I can't make a definitive identification, but if it's anywhere in the U.S. east of the Mississippi it would be a Black Rat snake. Many of them will show those whitish traces of leftover juvenile pattern well into adulthood.

Matt Campbell

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>> I have no doubts about this one. Definitley black rat.
Just like quite a few black rats I have seen here in Southeast Tennessee.
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Jimmy (draybar)

...the faint longitudinal stripes. Definitely Elaphe obsoleta, but determining the specific subspecies is more problematic. I suspect this is a Black Rat with a few Yellow Rat genes, i.e., an intergrade known to many as a "greenish" rat snake. Definitely possible in your area of eastern NC, as yellow rats prevail closer to the coast while black rats prevail inland.

I would say it is definately the "Greenish" Rat Snake... check out the olive coloring on the head and you can see the dark lining of the 4 stripes.